. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/EEC/303 
16 December 2009  
 (09-6526) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  EUROPEAN UNION
  
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:  European Commission 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above :   
European Commission 
EC-TBT Enquiry Point Fax:  +(32) 2 299 80 43 E-mail:  ec-tbt@ec.europa.eu
 
Website: http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tbt/   
 
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ X ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:   
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Fluorescent lamps without 
integrated ballast, high intensity discharge lamps,  and ballasts and lumina ires able to operate 
such lamps. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Commission 
Regulation amending Commission Regulation (EC) No 245/2009 as regards the ecodesign 
requirements for fluores cent lamps without integrated ball ast, for high intensity discharge 
lamps, and for ballasts and luminaires able to  operate such lamps. 13 pages in English 
6. Description of content:  This draft Commission Regulatio n amends Regulation (EC) No 
245/2009 by clarifying some of its provisions and by removing some unintended side-effects 
through the correction of specific values.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Evidence produced after the adoption of Regulation (EC) No  245/2009 points to the need to 
correct some of its pr ovisions in order to avoid unintende d impacts on the availability and 
performance of the products covered by the Regulation.  
8. Relevant documents:   Directive 2009/125/EC of the Europe an Parliament and of the Council 
of 21 October 2009 establishing a framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for 
energy-related products, Official Journal L 285, 31.10.2009, p. 10–35 G/TBT/N/EEC/303 
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  http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/L exUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:32009L0125:EN:NOT
 
Commission Regulation (EC) No 245/2009 of  18 March 2009 implementing Directive 
2005/32/EC of the European Parliament and of  the Council with regard to ecodesign 
requirements for fluores cent lamps without integrated ball ast, for high intensity discharge 
lamps, and for ballasts and luminaires able to operate such lamps, and repealing Directive 
2000/55/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Official Journal L76, 24.03.2009, 
p. 17-44 (TBT referenc e:  G/TBT/N/EEC/229) 
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/L exUriServ.do?uri=CE LEX:32009R0245:EN:NOT   
The performance parameters set out in the draf t regulation are not covered by international 
standards. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    To be determined 
On the day following the date of publication in 
the Official Journal of the EU.  It shall apply 
from 13 April 2010. 
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from date of notification 
11. Text available from: National enquiry point [  ], or addre ss, telephone and fax numbers, 
e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:    
European Commission 
EC-TBT Enquiry Point Fax:  + (32) 2 299 80 43 
E-mail:  ec-tbt@ec.europa.eu
 
The text is available on the EC-TBT Website:  http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tbt/  
and at http://members.wto.org/crnatt achments/2009/tbt/EEC/09_4375_00_e.pdf